Topic: 2006 Pumpkin Competition Information

[Andy H]

Update:21st July and letting ONE fruit start its growth, picking all others off till now(about 60).Checking for ones sneaking up on me & found 21lb er! Cut it off as vine groove on base, leaving my ONE to grow. Now cricket ball size...

[Travman]

Can anyone get onto the spreadsheet????? seems to have gone AWOL :'(

[Andy H]

New one went funny?
Letting them do as they please now, vine covering a third of the plot. Just gonna see what happens now.

Hope for a bigger than last year but not holding my breath on a bigger than 10 stone...................... :P

[Secretary]

Hi Jesse

Maybe you can help us weare  the National Fruit Show which is a Trade Show for Commercial Fruit Growers and  takes place in October at the Agricultural Showground in Kent.  This year organisers along with the many traditional top and soft fruit competitions have a competition for amateur growers of pumpkins. The pumpkin with the biggest girth will win £200 and be presented with the cheque on Wed 18 Oct 2006.  Could you spread the word.  Info can be found at www.nationalfruitshow.co.uk

[Andy H]

Oh Damm it!!!

Forgot to photo mine and measure, it was 73lb

Just given it away to Infants school for harvest festival!!!

It the competition on next year???

[Leonnie]

Secretary, your link doesn't work for me.

Andy, I'm sure there'll be another comp next year if someone volunteers to organise it. Shame you forgot to photograph it, can you not get back to the school and get a piccie? :)

[Andy H]

It was ugly!
I rushed to cut it and try to clear plot due to honeymoon/wedding next week.
Next year will try harder ;D